#bfabcb

Color #bfabcb

A muted light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 8.69 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-400 #a89ea9 · ΔE 9.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bfabcb

RGB

rgb(191, 171, 203)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 23.5%, 73.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 15.8%, 79.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.9%, 15.8%, 0%, 20.4%)

LAB

lab(72.57, 13.13, -13.61)

LCH

lch(72.57, 18.91, 313.97)

OKLCH

oklch(76.9%, 0.05, 312.89)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 67.1%, 20.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#b7cbab

Analogous

#afabcb

#bfabcb

#cbabc7

Triadic

#bfabcb

#cbbfab

#abcbbf

Split-complementary

#bfabcb

#c7cbab

#abcbaf

Tetradic

#bfabcb

#cbabb7

#b7cbab

#abcbbf

Square

#bfabcb

#cbafab

#b7cbab

#abc7cb

Shades

Color #bfabcb mixed toward black.

#a284b3

#845f9a

#634773

#42304d

#211826

Tints

Color #bfabcb mixed toward white.

#cab9d4

#d4c7dc

#dfd5e5

#eae3ee

#f4f1f6

Tones

Color #bfabcb mixed toward gray.

#beaec8

#beb0c6

#bdb3c3

#bcb6c0

#bcb8be

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.9:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.9:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#b7b7c4 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#b8b9c2 · ΔE 12.4

Tritanopia

#bebebd · ΔE 16.6

Achromatopsia

#b2b2b2 · ΔE 15.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bfabcb;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bfabcb]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bfabcb (#bfabcb) is rgb(191, 171, 203) in RGB.

No, #bfabcb is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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